Z-RAM

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 RAM

 SRAM DRAM Z-RAM

 SRAM
 Uses six transistors
 It’s a slower memory
 It’s fabrication is difficult
 DRAM

 It uses a transistor and a capacitor

 It denser than SRAM
 It fastest of the three
 It’s fabrication is difficult
 Z-RAM
 It’s Zero capacitance RAM
 It’s the cheapest RAM
 It’s built on SOI wafers
 SOI wafers contains a layer of silicon dioxide
insulation buried below a silicon surface
 It’s developed by Innovative Silicon Inc.
 Z-RAM
 It’s fabrication is easier
 It is denser
 A single cell consist of a single transistor
 It’s quiet smaller
 It’s production cost is low
 It’s faster than SRAM
Z-RAM
 WRITING A ‘1’ TO Z-RAM

Passing a current through the channel builds

up excess positive charges in the transistor,
which decreases the threshold voltage and the
current flowing through the channel. This
action writes binary 1 to the bit-cell.
WRITING A ‘0’ TO Z-RAM

Applying a bias to the transistor channel

removes the holes through the junction,
writing binary 0. Innovative Silicon refers to
positive charging as “impact ionization” and to
negative charging as” hole removal.”
READING FROM A Z-RAM

Reading a Z-RAM bit-cell is similar to reading

any DRAM cell. The chip applies a small
pulse to the cell’s transistor and uses a sense
amplifier to compare the resulting current flow
with the current in a reference cell.
 COMPARISON

Z-RAM SRAM

Structure 1 Transistor 6 Transistor

Capacity Highly dense Less denser

Performance High speed Slower

Fabrication Simple Complicated

 COMPARISON
Z-RAM DRAM

Structure 1 Transistor 1 Transistor +

1 Capacitor
Capacity Highly dense Less denser

Performance Comparatively Faster

slower
Fabrication Simple Complicated
 Advantages
 Z-RAM read/write performance is faster than
conventional DRAM.
 It’s the cheapest ram.
 Z-RAM is twice as dense as conventional
DRAM and about five times denser than
SRAM.
 SOR is comparatively lower for Z-RAM.
 It’s fabrication is quiet simple.
 Low power consumption.
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